Day 3: Off to Kyoto Today we woke up a bit later than day before as we finally had adjusted to the time zone and had full bellies to sleep off.  Ashley & John went for a run while the rest of us went to explore the nearby gardens. We walked through the first one…

Day 2: No Sleep, Only Walking Well it turns out most of us were officially jet-legged as we all woke up between 3:30-4:30AM. I personally woke up around 3:30AM and could not fall back asleep, so around 4:15, I decided to just get going with the day. Claire (Roomate from Colorado) was also in Tokyo …

Day 1: Into the Unknown (Monteverde) We had great ambitions to wake up early around 6:30AM and leave around 7AM for one of our big days of driving. We were heading from San Jose to Monteverde.  I say we had great ambitions because as soon as we woke up Grace and I immediately feel back…

Itinerary: The plan of trip was a very loose plan per usual. Zoe & Grace had plans to go to Costa Rica and I pretty much just decided to crash, which made my life quite a bit easier as they already had a basic map of where they wanted to spend time. We (they) decided…